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Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding.
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As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind,
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The vision of dreams is a reflection,
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From an unclean thing what can be cleansed?
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Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain.
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If they are not sent in a visitation from the Most High,
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For dreams have led many astray.
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Without lying the law will be fulfilled.
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A well-instructed man knows many things.
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He who has no experience knows few things.
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I have seen many things in my travels.
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I was often in danger even to death.
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The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live,
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Whoever fears the Lord won’t be afraid, and won’t be a coward,
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Blessed is the soul of him who fears the Lord.
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The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him,
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He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes.
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He who sacrifices a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery.
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The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly,
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Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes
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The bread of the needy is the life of the poor.
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Like one who murders his neighbour is he who takes away his living.
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When one builds, and another pulls down,
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When one prays, and another curses,
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He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again,
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Even so a man fasting for his sins,